Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-26
THOSE FREIGHT BATES.

Responsibility for III High Rates IN
Butte Disclailned by Northern Pacific
Oenctals-GeneEal Agent Stokes Says
the Union Pacific Alone Is to Blame-
Other railroad Items.
The statement OF freight rates furnished
THE MINER at the Northern Pacific office.
Tuesday evening, raj wrong 80 lar as
noints between Butte and Silver Bow were
concerned. The gentleman who filled out
the schedule inadvertently ran tie low
rates out on tho branch, when they should
have been confined to the main line. BY
an interview with Mr.. BaId~in, published
in the lnter.Mountsin OF yesterday. 1T is
made to appear that the Northern Pacific,
through it's representative here, bears an
even share OF responsibility forthe resump.
ton of the high rates to Butte and Ana.
oopda. In "rd.r to obtain the Northern
Pacific version OF the story, a Representa-
live Of The MINER called IN Mr.. McCais
| the Butte agent Of the Company, and asked
him:
lis it true, that az stated by Mr.. Bald
| win in the Inter Mountain, the resuInpti' n
Of the Old rates to Butte and Anacoll"
| was the result 81 conversations neId with
| he merchants hy the represent atives ri
| the three roads, to prevent l's@ to the
| m~ chants by IL sudden reduction?'
| Mr.. McCaig repiitd: ''Peinr to Novem
| her 18th last | have never, directly or int
rectly, had n conversation with any
shipt.er or shjpp rs in the city OF Butte or
anaconda, touching upon the s~uhject ri
reduced RI ties to those cities, or Ia what
manner the contingency of a rednet IN
| .oulb affect them; nor have l ever bee',
consulted by an officer 81 the Northern
| Pacific on this matter. The first intihl-
ton I had Of any proposed red irt'on IN
rates was on the mrrnln. Of the 9th
inst. whea l received a telegram
stating that Butte ana Ana
conda would have the same rates
from Eastern terminals AZ had
ben quoted to Hell. ma and the next in!Dr-
nation l had ON this subject was on the
afternoon OF the 2let, stat pg that Butte
and Anaco ida we Y to hc exempt q from
he redu.ed rate. in effect from Eastern
terminals to p ,ints Dst"ern Helena ana
Silver Bow. have, however, IL, dnupt
that one Of the roads mas heard Of tn
vigorous protests from Bntte and Ana
cnnda, and that the matter will be still d
one way or the other, within f,rty-eIsht
hours"
WHAT GENER. IL AGEH1 STOKES SAYS.
The following is from the li-lera Ind.-
pendent OF yesterday: General Agent
Stokes, OF the Northern Pac fic. says his
road i. entirely hi Ia.less regarding the r..
-tnratr,n of the Old schedule Of rates t.
Butte and Anaconin. HI. Nor'h'r RI Pa
citic cannot make Il ratatnanr iO mt south
{ G,rrison without the q ,nse"t oi tn
Union Pacific. far the simple r as"n that
those points are ,r sctic II. m ii Union
Parifc linz. At the time the Mr. n rn r.
life made it's redurt;On II 'sktf TT u I'm
Pacific the privileged pairing On'n"a u :
ion points on q p'rwish Ill IN, as tn V III,
ways had been. Ate s,n,- "a,iry'!" U'.io.
'acif: ca use lt-,l AID the Northern an
nuunced the red urtiO, and "n',ti-i shin
,ers. L. also permitted the 40 PA:'h
TO reduce it's rat. 10 Hell ma. which it CO II I
mt DO without the Mr., h-rn''s consent,
But now the Uuinn Pac,fic comes up With
the funay claim that Butte aud Anaconda
are not Montana Union points, bu' are on
branch roads and that they wers not con-
templAted to be in lud d in the reduction,
to which the Union Pacific consented.
The Northern is utterly h lp'ess in t ,e
matter and can d. nothing to- alter the ii
t, ct of the Union = arbitrary and Oppressive
uling.
The Manitoba had another accident nra!
Minot last week. A cattle train ran into
Il freight. demoi sling t e c,b pose an xii :
ing five pers ma.
The MINER 8 in receipt # the Mo tana
Central time table. which will TAX effect
to-mnrrn~. Que duly mixed iran vi 3un
each way bet cen Helena ard Great F. liz.
len ving thOs. t. rminalS ut 10 Il. IN. and ar
irving at 4 D. IN. The trains wilt cross ut
Craig aud stop there fifteen mlnutes fur
dinner.
The emigrant travel on the Nor:hern p.
cifc is heavier than ever before at the sa,se
season.
The Northern Pacific has shipped Owe,
Ga. 1000 sheep from Eastern Montana points
this fall.